Certificate Course in Patient Safety and Quality Management

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After running for 9 years, the Certificate Course in Patient Safety and Quality Management has been re-vamped and is now part of the Quality and Safety Leadership Specialization of the Cumming School of Medicine’s Graduate Certificate in Precision Health. After completion of the certificate, students can then pursue a graduate diploma, and then a Master of Precision Health.

The Graduate Certificate in Precision Health is cohort-based, part-time, and delivered over a year to accommodate busy working professionals. Students will complete one course per semester.

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Course History

Created in 2010 through an ongoing partnership between W21C, Health Quality Council of Alberta, and the University of Calgary’s Office of Continuing Medical Education, the certificate course was designed for health care professionals who wanted to expand their working understanding of concepts in patient safety and quality management and learn from experts in the field.

The course was offered over seven months through a mix of in-person and weekly online sessions. It boasted an impressive faculty including W21C members and experts from across Canada. For more information on past projects, please view the project archives below.

Project Archives

2018-2019

  • Evidence-informed Clinic Dictation Note Template in Seniors Health Outpatient Clinics in Calgary, Alberta
    Dr. Leyla Samii, Dr. Lindsay Torbiak, and Dr. Erika Dempsey,
    Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatric Medicine,
    Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.
  • A Process Map for Improving Referral and Booking of Head &Neck Surgical Procedures 
    Dr. Nahla Gomaa,
    Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery
    Division of Otolaryngology, University of Alberta
  • Improving Identification of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia by Performing Surveillance Blood Cultures in Episodes of Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria within Calgary Health Zone Patients
    Dr. William Stokes and Dr. John Lam,
    Department of Medicine, University of Calgary,
    Calgary, AB
  • Developing a Canadian Anesthesia Return To Work Programme
    Dr. Judy Marois,
    Anesthesiologist
  • Reducing the Use of Antipsychotics and Medications that can be Used as Pharmacological Restraints in the Community of Wetaskiwin, Alberta
    Kimberly D. Nickoriuk,
    Central Zone – Seniors Health
    Lead, Quality Initiatives and Program Planning
  • Optimizing Infant Safe Sleep in Stollery Inpatient Pediatric Medicine
    ​Dr. Erin Boschee,
    BSc(Hons), MD FRCPC
    University of Alberta
  • Understanding Post-Anesthetic Care Unit Hold Times at Red Deer Regional Hospital
    ​Nicole Quigley,
    MD, FRCPC
    Department of Anesthesia
    Red Deer, AB
  • Antibiotic Stewardship and Standardization of Instructions for PEG Tube Insertion at Sturgeon Community Hospital: Quality Improvement Initiative.
    ​Dr. Subrata Chakravarty,
    Anesthesiologist
    Edmonton, AB
  • A Computerized Provider Fall Prevention Order Set
    ​Dr. Matthew MacCormick,
    University of Calgary
    Calgary, AB
  • ​Examination of Patient Safety Incident Disclosure Reporting at Island Health
    Fiann Crane,
    Manager Patient Safety Consultant Team
    Royal Jubilee Hospital
    Victoria, BC
  • Creating a New Pathway for Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department
    ​Lesley Beique,
    BScPharm, ACPR, PharmD
    Clinical Knowledge Lead
    Provincial Clinical Knowledge & Content Management (CKCM) Service
  • Decreasing Unplanned Extubation Rate in Adult Intensive Care Unit
    ​Arun Murugesan; Arul Lakshmanan; Sulaiman Al Shabanat;  Aqeel Al Ali; Aldous Wong
    Respiratory Care Administration, King Saud Medical City
  • Maintenance of Paralysis and Sedation in the Pre-hospital Setting – A QI & Evaluation Project
    ​Angeline Abela,
    Senior Quality Assurance Strategist, EMS Quality & Patient Safety
    Taber, AB
    Jason Klatt,
    Manager, EMS Quality and Patient Safety
    Calgary, AB

2016-2017

  • Barriers Experienced By Our Nursing Team During Triage of Our Patients in Our Facility
    Njideka Nto,
    Family Physician
    Project Location: Dubai
    ​For poster, click here
  • Improving Patient Centered Care and Value in the Management of Low-Risk Fractures by Incorporating a Shared Decision Making Model at the Alberta Children’s Hospital 
    ​Benjamin Thomson,
    MD FRCPC, Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Alberta Children’s Hospital
    Project Location: Alberta’s Children Hospital, Calgary
  • Canadian Practice Assessment in Multiple Sclerosis
    ​Alexander Saveriano,
    MD
    Project Location: online website
  • Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) ​
    Chance Dumaine,
    MD, FRCPC
    Project Location: Calgary
  • Patient Refusals of Emergency Medical Services Transport: A Quality Improvement Project
    ​Dan Charland, Lisa Christopherson, Stathi Daskalopoulos,
    EMS
    Project Location: Alberta Health Services – Emergency Medical Services
  • Understanding Unnecessary Laboratory Testing on Internal Medicine Wards
    ​Inka Toman,
    MD, MSc
    Project Location: University of Alberta Hospital (UAH)
  • Improving the Process for Saskatoon Health Region Employees Visiting the Emergency Department With a Blood and Body Fluid Exposure: Step 1 – Mapping the Process
    ​Janet Ferguson,
    MD, FRCPC
    Project Location: Saskatoon Health Region, University of Saskatchewan
  • Reducing Foley Catheterization on the Medical Teaching Unit: Lose the Tube Project
    ​Janeve Desy,
    MD
    Project Location: Medical Teaching Unit (MTU) at Foothills Medical Centre (FMC)
  • Improving the communication in Southern Alberta Neonatal Transportation program
    Jumana Samara,
    MD, MSc, CABP
    Project Location: Alberta Health Service, Calgary
  • Latent Tuberculosis Screening in Hemodialysis Patients in Calgary, AB
    Leila Barss,
    Respirology Fellow, University of Calgary
    Project Location: Foothills Medical Center
  • Decreasing Outpatient No-Show Appointments
    Peter George J. Tian,
    MD, MPH
    Project Location: Misericordia Family Medicine Center, an academic clinic affiliated with the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta.
  • Process mapping to improve efficiency in laparoscopic roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery
    Ryan Kelly,
    MD FRCSC General Surgery​
    Project Location: Ontario Bariatric Network
  • ​The impact of the HEAL website on emergency and urgent care physician management of low acuity pediatric patients
    Shirmee Doshi,
    MD FRCPC-PEM
    Project Location: Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Alberta Children’s Hospital
  • SARP Nephrology Referral Optimization Project
    Sophia Chou,
    MD, MSc
    Project Location: South Alberta Renal Program (SARP)
    For poster, click here
  • Improving the Effectiveness, Efficiency, Flow and Gratification (E2FG) of a Multidisciplinary Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Clinic
    Stephanie Plamondon,
    MD, FRCPC
    Project Location: Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Clinic at South Health Campus

2015-2016

  • Describing Laboratory Test Utilization on the Medical Teaching Unit in a Tertiary Care Hospital
    Anshula Ambasta,
    MD
    Project Location: Foothills Medical Centre & Peter Lougheed Centre – Calgary
  • The Development and Implementation of Quality Improvement Rounds. Improvement initiative in the Anesthesia Department of London Health Sciences and St. Joseph’s Health Care
    Catalina Casas,
    MD FRCPC
    Project Location: Anesthesia Department of London Health Sciences and St. Joseph’s Health Care
  • Emergency Room Wait Times: Impact of “Late Stay” Call Model
    Jonathan Cena,
    PGY -3 Iternal Medicine
    Project Location: Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba
    For poster, click here.
  • Laboratory Errors in the Handling and Processing of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
    Lisa DiFrancesco,
    MD, FRCPC, FCAP
    Project Location: Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine
    For poster, click here.
    Contact: difrance@ucalgary.ca
  • Quality Improvement in Undergraduate Nursing Education: Does taking an undergraduate course in quality and safety education impact nursing students’ safety perceptions?
    Martie Dobbs,
    RN MScN, Senior Instructor
    Project Location: Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
    For poster, click here.
    Contact: mtdobbs@ucalgary.ca
  • Peripheral Intravenous Insertion in Neonates at the SHC Neonatal Unit
    Adel Elshrkawy,
    MSc MRCPI FAAP FRCPC Neonatologist, South Health Campus
    Project Location: South Health Campus – Neonatal Unit
    For poster, click here.
    Contact: adel.elsharkawy@ahs.ca
  • Optimizing Immunohistochemistry for Dystrophin on Muscle Biopsy
    Leslie Hamilton,
    MD FRCPC D-ABP
    Project Location: Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
  • Who’s On First: Improving Huddles in a Family Medicine Practice to Improve Patient Safety
    Jason Hosain,
    MD, CCFP
    Project Location: Westwinds Primary Health Centre, Saskatoon, Sk
    For poster, click here.
    Contact: jason.hosain@usask.ca
  • Understanding Barriers to Timely Patient Safety Report Follow-Up
    Heather Hunter,
    RN, MSN
    Project Location: British Columbia Children’s Hospital (BCCH)
    For poster, click here.
  • Quality Improvement Project: Medication Safety in Ambulatory Care
    Janet Johnson,
    Nurse Clinician Outpatient Internal Medicine RRDTC
    Project Location: Alberta Health Services General Internal Medicine
    For poster, click click here.
    Contact: (T)-403 955 8640
  • A Mixed Method Approach to Understanding the Incident Reporting and Learning Process at the Frontline in a Saskatchewan Hospital
    Anna Kokesch,
    RN BN
    Project Location: Prince Albert Parkland Health Region
    For poster, click here.
  • Understanding Inpatient Diabetes Management on the Medical Teaching Unit
    Kirstie Lithgow, MD
    Shannon Ruzycki, MD
    Project Location: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary
    For poster, click here.
  • Improving Patient Safety in Mid-Forceps Deliveries
    Carmen McCaffrey,
    MD
    Project Location: Sunnybrook Health Science Center, Toronto, ON
  • Push or Pull? A chart audit and process map showing how Family Physicians are notified of patient’s Emergency Department Visits
    Cassandra Millar,
    BSc MD CCFP Family Physician
    Project Location: Emergency Department Urgent Care Centres
    For poster, click here.
  • Development of a Client Safety and Quality Management Reporting System
    Ryan Mundorf,
    Quality Improvement Administrator Excel Society
    Project Location: Excel Society
    For poster, click here.
    Contact: rmundorf@excelsociety.org
  • Standardization of Perioperative Anticoagulation Interruption Management
    Jennifer Ngo,
    MD, MSc FRCPC
    Project Location: General Internal Medicine – Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services
  • Laparoscopic Appendectomy Using Staplers vs. Endoloops
    Mark Oppenheimer,
    MD FRCSC
    Project Location: General Surgery, South Health Campus Calgary
    For poster, click here.
    Contact: oppenheimer@albertahealthservices.ca
  • Using a Think-aloud to Prepare Outcome Measures for an ACP QI Intervention on a Cardiac In-patient Unit
    Marta Shaw,
    MSW, Phd student, University of Calgary
    Project Location: Unit 81/91 Foothills Medical Hospital
    For poster, click here.
  • Improving Patient Safety in Mid-Forceps Deliveries
    Aparna Sarangapani,
    MD
    Project Location: Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, ON
  • Improving Discharge Times for Day Surgery Patients After Spinal Anesthesia
    Lindsay Taam,
    MHSc, MD, FRCPC
    Project Location: Department of Anesthesia, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
    For poster, click here.
    Contact: lin.taam@gmail.com
  • Emergency Department Information Sheets: A Prescription for Success?
    Stephanie VandenBerg,
    MD
    Project Location: Calgary Zone Emergency Department
    For poster, click here.
    Contact: vandenberg.stephanie@gmail.com
  • Building Understanding of the Division of Neurology Morbidity and Mortality Rounds
    Megan Yaraskavitch
    MD, MSc
    Project Location: Division of Neurology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
    For poster, click here.
    Contact: mayarask@ucalgary.ca

2014-2015

  • Developing EMS Patient Outcome Measures. Demonstration of Capability with Rapid Sequence Induction (RSI) Patients
    Kim Liss,
    Directore EMS-SPI
  • Development of a Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Prevention Protocol
    Amber Menezes,
    Clinical Fellow – Trauma/Acute Care Surgery
    Project Location: University of British Columbia, Trauma Services Vancouver Coastal Health
  • Documenting Patient’s Own Medications: Emergency Medical Service’s Role in Capturing the Best Possible Medication History
    Ann Chiovetti,
    Manager, Quality and Patient Safety, AHS Emergecy Medical
    Project Location: Alberta Health Services, Calgary
  • Initiating the Development of a Delirium Guideline in Southern Health -Santé Sud
    Nancy Dixon,
    Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, Medical Director Senior Health
    Project Location: Southern Health-Sante Sud Region in Manitoba
  • Implementing a Capacity, Demand, and Utilization Measurement System for Immunization Clinics
    Nicholas James Etches,
    Medical Officer of Health
    Project Location: Calgary Zone
  • Clinical Practice Feedback to Foothills Medical Center Anesthesiologist. Understanding Clinician Perspectives
    Donal Finegan,
    Anesthesiology Resident
    Project Location: AHS
  • Reporting Safety Concerns on the Medical Teaching Units: Is There Room for Improvement?
    Erin Kennah,
    Internal Medicine Resident
    Project Location: AHS
  • Reducing Barriers to End Tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring During Cardiac Arrests
    Ekta Khemani,
    Senior Resident in Anesthesia
    Project Location: N/A
  • Improving Patient Access to Appropriate Anticoagulation Drug Therapy at South Health Campus Emergency Department
    Velvet Reiling,
    Pharmacist
    Project Location: AHS South Health Campus Calgary
  • Documenting Patient’s Own Medications: Emergency Medical Service’s Role in Capturing the Best Possible Medication History
    Jennifer Wheaton,
    Manager, Quality and Patient Safety, AHS Emergecy Medical
    Project Location: Alberta Health Services
  • Perceptions of Patient Safety Among Health Care Aides working in Home Care
    Betty Wills,
    Diretctor of Quality and Risk
    Project Location: CBI HH – AB
  • A Modified Surgical Safety Checklist for the Minor Out-Patient Procedure (MOP) Room
    Vick Chahal,
    MD Division of Plastic and Reconstrutive Surgery
    Project Location: Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital
  • A Qualitative Review of the Geriatric Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit
    Kari Bulger,
    Member of the Patient and Family Advisory Group
    Project Location: Alberta Health Services

2013-2014

  • Requisitioning an X-ray in the Emergency Department at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
    Darin Abbey,
    Clinical Nurse Educator
    Project Location: Nanaimo Regional General Hospital – VIHA
  • Adoption of an Electronic Structured Note for Hospital Acute Pain Service Documentation: A Survey
    Leyla Baghirzada,
    MD – Anesthesiologist
    Project Location: Calgary Zone – Adult acute pain service (4 adult hospitals)
  • Process Mapping the Morgue Component of the Code Orange Response: A Quality Improvement Initiative
    Amy Bromley,
    MD
    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary
    Project Location: AHS CLS Calgary Zone
  • A Formative Human Factors Usability Evaluation of a Smartphone Application for Inpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship
    Paul Campsall,
    MD – Fellow
    Location: AHS / Calgary Zone
    June 27, 2016 University of Calgary – UToday issue

    New app helps doctors minimize patients’ resistance to antibiotics.
    Medical residents and multidisciplinary team from Cumming School and AHS create Spectrum MD, now used in Calgary hospitals. Click here to know more.
  • A More Sustainable and Accountable Primary Health Care Delivery Model: Creating Performance Measures to improve health service quality delivered in Family Care Clinics
    Yvonne Ying-Shan Chen,
    Policy Analyst Government of Alberta – Alberta Health
    Project Location: Province of Alberta Primary Care
  • Adoption of an Electronic Structured Note for Hospital Acute Pain Service Documentation: A Survey
    Keith Drader,
    MD – Anesthesiologist
    Project Location: Calgary Zone – Adult acute pain service (4 adult hospitals)
  • Improving Edmonton EMS Metro Conditional Mandatory Pediatric Patient Weight Compliance
    Darrel Forsythe,
    RN, BN – Manager, Quality & Patient Safety
    Project Location: AHS EMS (Provincial)
  • Screening for Diabetic Neuropathy and Prevention of Foot Ulcers – Use of EMR Template as Tool
    Shashank Garg,
    MD – Family physician
    Project Location: UCMC Calgary
  • Family Satisfaction Survey in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Quality assurance tool
    Daniel Garros,
    MD – Intensivist
    Project Location: AHS – PICU Stollery Children’s Hospital (Edmonton)
  • Improving Edmonton EMS Metro Conditional Mandatory Pediatric Patient Weight Compliance
    Kathryn Hebner,
    RN, BSc – Manager Quality & Patient Safety
    Project Location: AHS EMS – North
  • Thematic Content Analysis of Patient Safety Learning Principles and Patient Safety Competnecies in the Triple C Curriculum and the Red Book Accreditation Standards from the College of Family Physicians of Canada
    Aliya Kassam,
    Research Lead, Office of Postgraduate Medical Education Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine
    Project Location: University of Calgary
  • Impact of Junior Physician Learner Education and Engagement on Physician Hand Hygiene Compliance
    Narmin Kassam,
    Division Director Associate Professor General Internal Medicine Department of Medicine
    Project Location: U of A
  • The Design and Implementation of a Safe Procedural Checklist for the Electrophysiology Laboratory: Early results, Observations and Challenges
    Shane Kimber,
    Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology
    Project Location: Electrophysiology laboratory, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute (Edmonton)
  • Medication Errors and Close Calls made by Nursing Students
    Dorothy Macintyre,
    RN – Instructor – Nursing
    Project Location: Grand Prairie Regional College (BScN program U of A, Red Deer College and Keyano College)
  • First, do No Harm: A Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Curriculum Needs Assessment for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Calgary
    Mahmod Mohamed,
    MD – Internal Medicine Resident
    Project Location: University of Calgary
  • Lets Go FIShing! The impact of a Family Information Session on Treatment Initiation Rates for Pediatric Weight Management
    Theodora Moss,
    RD – Outreach Coordinator, Pediatric Centre for Weight and Health
    Project Location: AHS / Edmonton Stollery Children’s Hospital
  • Portable Oxygen Supply Continuity During Patient Inter-facility Transfers: Application of Patient Safety Reviews to Identify System Vulnerabilities
    Dennis Nesdoly,
    MD – Chief Medical Officer
    Project Location: STARS Air Ambulance – Western Canada
  • A Formative Human Factors Usability Evaluation of a Smartphone Application for Inpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship
    Elizabeth Parfitt,
    MD – Fellow
    Project Location: AHS / Calgary Zone

    New app helps doctors minimize patients’ resistance to antibiotics
    Medical residents and multidisciplinary team from Cumming School and AHS create Spectrum MD, now used in Calgary hospitals.
  • Optimization of the Use of Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADC’s) at South Health Campus
    Jodi Ploquin,
    Clinical Safety Leader
    Project Location: AHS / Calgary South Health Campus
  • How Do We Measure Up? Quality Indicators for the Seizure Monitoring Unit
    Khara Sauro,
    Quality Improvement Coordinator and Research Associate
    Project Location: Calgary – Foothills Medical Center Seizure Monitoring Unit
  • Exploring the Barriers and Facilitators of Nurse Engagement in Quality Improvement Projects / Literature review
    Navjot Virk,
    RN, MN
    Project Location: University of Calgary
  • From Last Year’s Cohort – Health Literacy: Improving Patient Safety and Quality of Care in Cardiovascular Medicine
    Rahul Mehta,
    MD
    Project Location: University of Alberta

2012-2013

  • Reducing First Operating Room Cases Delay, Estimation of Potential Benefit / North York General Hospital, Toronto
    Iryna Aleksandrova,
    MD, Anesthesiologist
    Project Location: North York General Hospital – Toronto
  • “Continuing the Conversation” – Optimizing the Use of the Advanced Care Planning Tracking Tool / FMC Calgary
    Sunita Chacko,
    MD, MSc Hospitalist
    Project Location: AHS / FMC
  • “Continuing the Conversation” – Optimizing the Use of the Advanced Care Planning Tracking Tool / FMC Calgary
    Trevor Chan,
    MD, Hospitalist
    Project Location: AHS / FMC
  • The Effect of Medical Teaching Unit (MTU) Attending Physician Rotation Length on Post-Discharge Patient Outcomes: A Pilot Study / Medical Teaching Unit – general internal medicine acute care unit FMC
    Nancy Clayden,
    Research Assistant
    Project Location: AHS – FMC
  • Patient Safety Culture in Two Remote Health Centers / Nursing Stations Northern Manitoba
    Yvette Emerson,
    MD – University of Manitoba
    J.A. Hildes Northern Medical Unit
  • Creation of an ICU Outreach Simulation Program / ICU outreach team RGH
    Jagdeep Nicki Johal,
    Nurse Practitioner
    Project Location: AHS / RGH Calgary
  • Health Literacy: Understanding Why Patients Don’t Understand / Literature Review
    Gina Lachuk,
    Education Consultant
    Project Location: AHS / Calgary
  • Case Conferencing in Long Term Care / AVENS – A Community for Seniors – Yellowknife Northwest Territories (NT)
    Paul Mccaskill,
    RN – Director Professional Conduct Review
    Project Location: Registered Nurses Association of NT/NU
  • Mortality Following Common Surgical Procedures in Alberta / AHS Alberta
    Christopher Pysyk,
    MD
    Dept of Anesthesia – University of Ottawa
  • Reduction of Surgical Site Infection – Integrated Approach / British Columbia – One Hospital Site from Fraser Health Region
    Aditya Sharma,
    Quality Improvement Consultant
  • When Birth and Death Converge: Providing Palliative Care for Babies with Serious Congenital Heart Disease Diagnosed in Utero / Perinatal Palliative Care Calgary
    Sharron Spicer,
    MD, BSc Pediatric palliative care physician
    Project Location: AHS / Calgary / Flames Rotary House Pediatric Hospice
  • Initiating a Provincial Approach for Radiation Therapy in Alberta / Alberta Radiation Therapy Services
    Mona Udowicz,
    MRT (T)
    Project Location: AHS / Calgary
  • Bridging the Evidence-Practice Gap: Analyzing Barriers and Identifying Effective Strategies to Successful Implementation of Practice Guidelines / Literature Review
    Ritu Verma,
    Project Location: ACH

2011-2012

  • The Design and Implementation of High-fidelity Simulation-based Patient Safety Teaching Curriculum: Standards in Patient Safety Simulation Project
    Ghazwan Altabbaa,
    MD
    Project Location: AHS – RGH (Calgary)
  • Physician and Family Interactions in the ICU and First Impressions
    Selena Au,
    Project Location: AHS – FMC ICU (Calgary)
  • Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Leadership in Canadian Pediatric Hospitals
    David Chaulk,
    MD
    Project Location: Alberta Children’s Hospital & other Children’s Hosp in Canada
  • Engaging Hospitalists in Determining the Causes and Preventability of PLC Hospital Re-admissions
    Echo Enns,
    MD
    Project Location: AHS / Calgary – Inpatient medical units PLC
  • Bridging the Gap between Incident Analysis and Change Management using Quality Tools
    Mairlyn Gackle,
    MRT (T) Radiation Therapy
    Project Location: Tom Baker Cancer Center Calgary
  • Mapping the Home Hemodialysis (HHD) Supply Process
    Owen Gaskill,
    Manager – HHD Program
    Project Location: AHS – Calgary
  • Receiving ‘Transfer of Care’ Report From the Emergency Department to FMC Patient Care Unit 23 on Night Shift
    Kathryn Gordon,
    Nurse
    Project Location: AHS – FMC ED & PCU 23 (Calgary)
  • Following Your MEWS: The Modified Early Warnning Score at Leduc Community Hospital
    Margaret Hadley,
    Clinical Safety Leader
    Project Location: AHS Leduc Community Hospital
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Waitlist Management Using APPROACH Online Software
    Jo Harris,
    Research Associate
    Project Location: AHS Province wide
  • So Many Insulins….So Little Time
    Nancy Louis,
    Pharmacist
    Project Location: AHS Calgary Adult Hospitals
  • Improving the Quality of Printed Materials in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A User Testing Approach / Department of Cardiac Sciences – Libin Cardiovascular Institute
    Billie-Jean Martin,
    MD – Resident
    Project Location: AHS U of C / Calgary
  • A Quality Improvement Initiative to Enhance Future EMS QI Initiatives
    Steen Pedersen,
    Director of Quality & Patient Safety
    Project Location: AHS EMS Calgary & Edmonton
  • Identifying and Characterizing Medication Ordering Errors Overnight at a Large Teaching Hospital
    Mark Percy,
    Pharmacist
    Project Location: AHS – FMC Calgary
  • A Quality Improvement Initiative to Enhance Future EMS QI Initiatives
    Shannon Sirkorsky,
    Clinical Assurance Lead, STARS Air Ambulance
    Project Location: AHS EMS Calgary & Edmonton
  • An Exploration of Current Practices for Supporting Healthcare Staff Involved in Clinical Adverse Events
    Denise Taylor,
    MN, BN
    Project Location: AHS / Calgary
  • Who is responsible for wristband application for non-critical Emergency Medical Services patients that present to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Center Emergency Department Red Deer
    Debbie Westman,
    Nurse Manager ED
    Project Location: Regional Hospital Center ED

2010-2011

  • Fostering leadership for quality & safety at the undergraduate level / Literature Review
    Jill Norris,
    RN
    Project Location: U of C
  • Safe Access to Bridgeland Senior’s Clinic
    Carolyn Wright,
    RN, BNAHS / Calgary
    Project Location: Bridgeland Clinic Calgary
  • Safe Access to Bridgeland Senior’s Clinic
    Sue Doucette,
    RRT, AHS / Calgary
    Project Location: Bridgeland Clinic Calgary
  • First Case OR Start Times Perioperative Process Improvement
    Holly Myer,
    RN, AHS / Calgary
    Project Location: FMC ORs
  • Minutes Count Identifying Process Delays in Obtaining First ECG for STEMI in the ED
    Karen Melon,
    RN, AHS / Calgary
    Project Location: PLC ED
  • Calgary Transfer of Information from Postpartum Acute Care to Postpartum Community Care
    Jennifer MacKay,
    RN, AHS
    Project Location: Adult Hospital in Calgary And Postpartum Community Services
  • Transfer of Information from Postpartum Acute Care to Postpartum Community Care
    Janet Stosky,
    RN, AHS / Calgary
    Project Location: Adult Hospital in Calgary And Postpartum Community Services
  • A Review of the Interpretation Process for Routine ECG Testing Ordered in the Community
    Sandy Broen-Dupuis,
    Manager, Calgary Lab Services /
    Project Location: Calgary
  • Assessment of the AHS Quality Assurance Committee Structure
    Donna MacFarlane,
    Senior Clinical Safety Specialist, AHS / Calgary
    Project Location: Provincial
  • Assessment of the AHS Quality Assurance Committee Structure
    Kim Craig,
    Clinical Safety Leader, AHS / Edmonton
    Project Location: Provincial
  • When Healthcare Harms
    Troy Stooke,
    Patient Engagement Consultant, AHS / Calgary
    Project Location: Provincial
  • Participatory education to improve quality of environmental disinfection
    Adelia Santos,
    Project Location: LTC Centre Calgary
  • Safe Surgery Checklist: Barriers and Facilitators to implementation in a Canadian Context
    Cari Egan,
    Consultant Safer Healthcare Now, CPSI
    Project Location: Across Canada
  • Safe Surgery Checklist: Barriers and Facilitators to implementation in a Canadian Context
    Mona Montamedi,
    MSC, W21C
    Project Location: Across Canada
  • Implementation and Evaluation of an Electronic Nurse-initiated Geriatric Order Set to Improve the Quality of Care Provided to Older Hospitalized Patients
    Alejandra Boscan,
    MD, U of C
    Project Location: 2 adult hospitals in Calgary
  • Implementation and Evaluation of an Electronic Nurse-initiated Geriatric Order Set to Improve the Quality of Care Provided to Older Hospitalized Patients
    Horacio Groshaus,
    MD, U of C
    Project Location: 2 adult hospitals in Calgary
  • Clinical decision support: using CPOE to decrease inappropriate medication orders
    Marilyn Hannay,
    RN / IT Lead Provincial Organizational Change Management, AHS / Calgary
    Project Location: 3 adult Hospitals Calgary
  • Readmission of the late preterm neonate revisited
    Sandra Young,
    Nurse Practitioner, AHS / Calgary
    Project Location: NICU FMC
  • A Look at the Alberta Cervical Cancer Screening Program’s Work-up Process for Improvements
    Maria Linehan,
    RN, AHS / Calgary
    Project Location: Alberta
  • What do clinicians need to know about human factors
    Heather Seabrook,
    RN, W21C
  • Evaluating the effect on doctor and unit clerk efficiency by standardizing location of key physician paperwork on nursing units
    Aaliya Sabir,
    MD, AHS / Calgary
    Project Location: Alberta Children’s Hospital
  • Analysis of a group home’s medication administration system
    Sandra Huber,
    Pharmacist
    Project Location: Adolescent Group Home Calgary
  • Team Functioning on a Labor & Delivery Unit
    Jaelene Mannerfeldt,
    MD, U of C / RGH
    Project Location: Obstetrical Unit RGH
  • Healthcare Team Vitality Instrument Survey: A Baseline of Staff Engagement
    Penny Kwasny,
    RN, AHS / Lethbridge
    Project Location: Lethbridge Regional Hospital
  • Communicating during ICU rounds: A Systematic Review of the Literature
    Mauricio Ferri,
    MD, U of C
  • Qualitative investigation of variable use of IV bags as surgical positioning aids in the OR
    Aimee Pearson,
    HF specialist, W21C
    Project Location: Calgary
  • Evaluation tool for local safe client handling program
    Heather McElroy,
    Project Location: AHS / Calgary
  • Client Identification: The Cornerstone of Patient Safety
    Dianne Dyer,
    RN AHS / Calgary
    Project Location: Calgary
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